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North Korea Fires Warning As US, South Korea Commence Drills

September 27, 2022 5:45 am

The United States and South Korea on Monday commenced their first combined naval exercise near the peninsula in five years, which has led to a warning by North Korea that the allies risked triggering war.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that South Korea’s warlike President Yoon Suk-yeol, who took office in May, has vowed to beef up joint military drills with the United States, after years of failed diplomacy with North Korea under his predecessor.

‘This exercise was prepared to demonstrate the strong will of the South Korea-US alliance to respond to North Korean provocations,’ the South’s navy said …

Fresh Worry As North Korea Fires Suspected Rocket Launchers

July 11, 2022 3:52 am

North Korea fired what appeared to be multiple rocket launchers Seoul claimed on Sunday, becoming the latest in a series of provocations by the nuclear-armed nation to heighten tensions in the region.

Washington and Seoul officials have continued to issue warnings that the isolated regime is preparing to carry out what would be its seventh nuclear test — a move that the United States warned would provoke a “swift and forceful” response.

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Last month, South Korean Defence Minister Lee Jong-sup said Seoul would “strengthen” its defence capabilities, as …

North Korea Has Ignored Multiple Overtures For Talks – US

June 9, 2022 5:35 am

North Korea, believed poised to test a new nuclear weapon, has ignored multiple US overtures for serious talks as well as offers to help in its Covid-19 outbreak, a US diplomat has revealed.

Speaking after Pyongyang test-launched eight ballistic missiles in a single day Sunday, Sung Kim, the US Special Representative to North Korea, said the country has not responded to months of public and private communications seeking to engage over tensions.

President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken have repeatedly said publicly that Washington seeks diplomatic talks with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea “without preconditions,” …

How China Is Harassing Our Aircraft Near North Korea - Canada

How China ‘Harassed’ Our Aircraft Near North Korea – Canada

June 3, 2022 3:57 am

Canadian military authorities have accused Chinese warplanes of harassing its pilots during United Nations sanctions patrols along the border with North Korea which was set up to monitor evasions.

Canadian Armed Forces claimed in a statement yesterday that the Chinese planes have at times flown so close they forced Canadian pilots to quickly change course to ‘avoid a potential collision with the intercepting aircraft’.

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‘In these interactions, PLAAF [People’s Liberation Army Air Force] aircraft did not adhere to international air safety norms,” the statement said. “These interactions are unprofessional and/or put the …

Nuclear Warning: North Korea Fires Submarine-Launched Missile

May 8, 2022 2:33 am

North Korea on Saturday fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile Seoul have confirmed, becoming its second missile launch in three days following the warning by the United States that Pyongyang could be preparing for a nuclear test.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that North Korea has dramatically increased its sanctions-busting missile launches this year, conducting 15 weapons tests including firing an intercontinental ballistic missile at the full range for the first time since 2017.

Saturday missile launch comes two days before South Korea swears in a new, hawkish President Yoon Suk-yeol.

Satellite imagery indicates North Korea may be preparing to …

China, Russia Renew Push To Lift UN Sanctions On North Korea

November 2, 2021 2:46 am

China and Russia are currently pushing the United Nations Security Council to ease sanctions on North Korea by reviving a 2019 attempt to remove a ban on Pyongyang’s exports of statues, seafood and textiles, and expanding it to include lifting a refined petroleum imports cap.

In a reworked draft resolution on Monday, China and Russia want the 15-member council to remove those sanctions ‘with the intent of enhancing the livelihood of the civilian population’ in the isolated Asian state.

Africa Daily News, New York recalls that North Korea has been subject to UN sanctions since 2006 over its nuclear and …

World Food Programme Wins Nobel Peace Prize

October 9, 2020 5:38 pm

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the World Food Programme on Friday for feeding millions of people from Yemen to North Korea, with the coronavirus pandemic pushing millions more into hunger.

The WFP was “a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict”, Nobel committee chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen said on unveiling the winner in Oslo.

“This is a powerful reminder to the world that peace and #ZeroHunger go hand-in-hand,” the Rome-based organisation said on Twitter.

Founded in 1961, the UN body helped 97 million people last year, distributing 15 billion …

North Korea Reports First Suspected Coronavirus Case

July 26, 2020 10:16 am

North Korea declared its first suspected coronavirus case on Sunday, becoming one of the last countries to do so as the number of people infected worldwide passed 16 million.

The isolated, impoverished state had until now insisted it had not detected a single COVID-19 case — even as the pandemic swept the planet, overwhelming health systems and trashing the global economy.

At least 645,000 people around the world have succumbed to the respiratory disease, with North Korean arch-rival the United States the worst-hit country by far.

“The vicious virus could be said to have entered the country,” leader Kim Jong …

North Korea Accuses Biden Of Pursuing ‘Hostile Policy'

N-Korea Says It Will Counter Nuclear With Nuclear Over Hostile US Policy

June 26, 2020 5:17 pm

North Korea Thursday said it has no choice but to “counter nuclear with nuclear” over the “hostile policy” of the United States, which it blames for failed bilateral talks.

“In order to eliminate the nuclear threats from the U.S., the DPRK government made all possible efforts either through dialogue or in resort to the international law, but all ended in vain,” North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Institute for Disarmament and Peace said in a report, according to NK News, a U.S. website based in South Korea. “The option left was only one, and that was to counter nuclear with …

North Korea Preparing Anti-South Leaflet Campaign: KCNA

June 20, 2020 4:18 pm

North Korea is preparing to launch an anti-Seoul leaflet campaign, state media said Saturday, prompting sharp criticism from South Korea with tensions high on the peninsula.

Tensions are high on the Korean peninsula, with Pyongyang ramping up pressure on Seoul over anti-North leafletsPyongyang has recently issued a series of vitriolic condemnations of Seoul over anti-North leaflets, which defectors based in the South send across the border — usually attached to balloons or floated in bottles.

North Korea has upped the pressure over the campaigns with a dramatic demolition of a building on its side of the border that symbolised

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North Korea Blows Up Inter-Korean Liaison Office Near Border With South

June 16, 2020 5:15 pm

North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office on its side of the border on Tuesday, triggering broad international condemnation after days of virulent rhetoric from Pyongyang.

The demolition came after Kim Yo Jong — the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un — said at the weekend the “useless north-south joint liaison office” would soon be seen “completely collapsed”.

Footage of the explosion released by Seoul’s presidential Blue House showed a blast rolling across several buildings just across the border in Kaesong, with a nearby tower partially collapsing as clouds of smoke rose into the sky.

Analysts …

North Korea Denounces US Two Years After Singapore Summit

June 12, 2020 2:10 pm

North Korea criticised Donald Trump in a stinging denunciation of the United States on Friday, the second anniversary of a landmark summit in Singapore where the US president shook hands with leader Kim Jong Un.

It was the latest in a series of vitriolic statements from Pyongyang aimed at both Washington and Seoul, and came a day after the North implicitly threatened to disrupt November’s election if the US did not stay out of inter-Korean affairs.

In recent days, Pyongyang has excoriated the South over defectors launching leaflets criticising Kim into the North and announced it was cutting all official …

North Korea

North Korea Fires Warning As US, South Korea Commence Drills

Fresh Worry As North Korea Fires Suspected Rocket Launchers

North Korea Has Ignored Multiple Overtures For Talks – US

How China ‘Harassed’ Our Aircraft Near North Korea – Canada

Nuclear Warning: North Korea Fires Submarine-Launched Missile

China, Russia Renew Push To Lift UN Sanctions On North Korea

World Food Programme Wins Nobel Peace Prize

North Korea Reports First Suspected Coronavirus Case

N-Korea Says It Will Counter Nuclear With Nuclear Over Hostile US Policy

North Korea Preparing Anti-South Leaflet Campaign: KCNA

North Korea Blows Up Inter-Korean Liaison Office Near Border With South

North Korea Denounces US Two Years After Singapore Summit

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